Wednesday, January 25, 2012

MY VOTE FOR THE BEST ESSAY ON THE LABOR PROBLEMS AT TRIMET

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 But okay, fine. You want to bring union workers in line with non-union workers? Well then, we’ll just take that to its logical conclusion. Let’s see… about 30% of our buses have no air conditioning, so to help save money, we’ll disable the A/C in about 30% of TriMet offices, like, oh I don’t know, the top floor of Center Street to start. And just like operators use seniority to sign good runs, non-union employees can use how long they’ve been at TriMet to bid for a good office. So to the newly hired Executive Director of HR? Sorry my friend, you’ll probably get stuck with no air conditioning. Good thing Oregon summers are more or less mild. But don’t worry! Every hour or so you’ll be allowed to get up, drink some ice water, and use the bathroom, as long as you don’t take more than 10 minutes to do all that.

3 comments:

  1. Send that in as a guest columnist article to The Oregonian.

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  2. This seems like a winner to me. They all can do the Step Increases too.

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  3. You don't go far enough. You should limit access to bathrooms and take away meal breaks as well.

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